diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 91650be47a..4415a26f2c 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ typedef struct HTTPContext {
     uint64_t chunksize;
     int chunkend;
     uint64_t off, end_off, filesize;
+    char *uri;
     char *location;
+    int cache_redirect;
     HTTPAuthState auth_state;
     HTTPAuthState proxy_auth_state;
     char *http_proxy;
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "resource", "The resource requested by a client", OFFSET(resource), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, E },
     { "reply_code", "The http status code to return to a client", OFFSET(reply_code), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 200}, INT_MIN, 599, E},
     { "short_seek_size", "Threshold to favor readahead over seek.", OFFSET(short_seek_size), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT_MAX, D },
+    { "cache_redirect", "Save redirected URL for subsequent seek operations", OFFSET(cache_redirect), AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, { .i64 = FF_HTTP_CACHE_REDIRECT_DEFAULT }, 0, 1, D },
     { NULL }
 };
 
@@ -432,11 +435,17 @@ int ff_http_do_new_request2(URLContext *h, const char *uri, AVDictionary **opts)
     s->chunkend      = 0;
     s->off           = 0;
     s->icy_data_read = 0;
+
     av_free(s->location);
     s->location = av_strdup(uri);
     if (!s->location)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
+    av_free(s->uri);
+    s->uri = av_strdup(uri);
+    if (!s->uri)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
     if ((ret = av_opt_set_dict(s, opts)) < 0)
         return ret;
 
@@ -623,9 +632,15 @@ static int http_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags,
         h->is_streamed = 1;
 
     s->filesize = UINT64_MAX;
+
     s->location = av_strdup(uri);
     if (!s->location)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
+    s->uri = av_strdup(uri);
+    if (!s->uri)
+        return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+
     if (options)
         av_dict_copy(&s->chained_options, *options, 0);
 
@@ -651,6 +666,7 @@ bail_out:
     if (ret < 0) {
         av_dict_free(&s->chained_options);
         av_dict_free(&s->cookie_dict);
+        av_freep(&s->uri);
     }
     return ret;
 }
@@ -1769,6 +1785,7 @@ static int http_close(URLContext *h)
         ffurl_closep(&s->hd);
     av_dict_free(&s->chained_options);
     av_dict_free(&s->cookie_dict);
+    av_freep(&s->uri);
     return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1810,6 +1827,16 @@ static int64_t http_seek_internal(URLContext *h, int64_t off, int whence, int fo
             return s->off;
     }
 
+    /* if redirect caching is disabled, revert to the original uri */
+    if (!s->cache_redirect && strcmp(s->uri, s->location)) {
+        char *new_uri;
+        new_uri = av_strdup(s->uri);
+        if (!new_uri)
+            return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
+        av_free(s->location);
+        s->location = new_uri;
+    }
+
     /* we save the old context in case the seek fails */
     old_buf_size = s->buf_end - s->buf_ptr;
     memcpy(old_buf, s->buf_ptr, old_buf_size);
diff --git a/libavformat/version.h b/libavformat/version.h
index 917b9ffa5d..f372380dcf 100644
--- a/libavformat/version.h
+++ b/libavformat/version.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #define FF_API_AVIOCONTEXT_WRITTEN      (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 60)
 #define FF_HLS_TS_OPTIONS               (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 60)
 #define FF_API_AVSTREAM_CLASS           (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR > 59)
+#define FF_HTTP_CACHE_REDIRECT_DEFAULT  (LIBAVFORMAT_VERSION_MAJOR < 60)
 
 
 #define FF_API_R_FRAME_RATE            1